Vitamin U Attenuates Acute Aflatoxin B1-Induced Liver Injury in Mice: Biochemical, Histological and Transcriptomic Evidence
Liyu Yang, Jiaxin Liu, Xuanxuan Zhang, Yake Wang, Shufan Liu, Chenxi Ling, Xinfeng Li, Kun Liu, Yong Huo, Guangwei Zhao, Qiuliang Xu, Hongyu Deng, Congcong Li · 2026
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Liyu Yang and co-authors tested in 2026 whether a plant compound called vitamin U can blunt sharp liver harm from a mold toxin in mice. The toxin taints animal feed widely and stirs cell stress and swelling that end in liver wounds. The compound comes from cabbage-family plants.
Toxin-dosed mice showed clogged liver blood paths, drops in two blood cell types, and a weaker guard enzyme. The compound partly undid these shifts: cell counts rose back, clogging eased, one guard enzyme grew stronger, and a calm-down gene spoke louder. Two harms stayed put, so the shield proved partial at best. Gene reads showed the compound moved immune and cell-cycle paths more than the classic stress shield path. The authors offer the work as a base for feed safety studies.
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| CREATOR | Liyu Yang, Jiaxin Liu, Xuanxuan Zhang, Yake Wang, Shufan Liu, Chenxi Ling, Xinfeng Li, Kun Liu, Yong Huo, Guangwei Zhao, Qiuliang Xu, Hongyu Deng, Congcong Li |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 46017 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |